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Red-Emissive Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Material for Time-Resolved Luminescence Bioimaging

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Achieving High Afterglow Brightness in Organic Dopant‐Matrix Systems

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Manipulation of Triplet Excited States for Long‐Lived and Efficient Organic Afterglow

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Tunable multicolor room-temperature phosphorescence including white-light emission from amorphous copolymers

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Triplet-triplet energy-transfer-based transparent X-ray imaging scintillators

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Tunable afterglow for mechanical self-monitoring 3D printing structures

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Room-temperature phosphorescent transparent wood

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Visible Light Activated Organic Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence Based on Triplet‐to‐Singlet Förster‐Resonance Energy Transfer

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Unexpected long room-temperature phosphorescence lifetimes of up to 1.0 s observed in iodinated molecular systems

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Merging thermally activated delayed fluorescence and two-photon ionization mechanisms for highly efficient and ultralong-lived organic afterglow

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Organic Afterglow Emulsions Exhibiting 2.4 s Phosphorescence Lifetimes and Specific Protein Binding Property

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Two-Component Design Strategy: Achieving Intense Organic Afterglow and Diverse Functions in Coronene-Matrix Systems

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Intense Organic Afterglow Enabled by Molecular Engineering in Dopant-Matrix Systems

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Two-component design strategy: TADF-Type organic afterglow for time-gated chemodosimeters

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Advanced charge transfer technology for highly efficient and long-lived TADF-type organic afterglow with near-infrared light-excitable property

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Red and Near‐Infrared Emissive Organic Crystals: Molecular Design and Optoelectronic Applications

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Influence of Guest/Host Morphology on Room Temperature Phosphorescence Properties of Pure Organic Doped Systems

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Metal–Organic Frameworks in Mixed-Matrix Membranes for High-Speed Visible-Light Communication

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Mechanism landscape in pyrylium induced organic afterglow systems

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Protic acids as third components improve the phosphorescence properties of the guest-host system through hydrogen bonds

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Tunable Fluorescence and Afterglow in Organic Crystals for Temperature Sensing

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Disrupting n-π* Transition of Benzophenone Derivatives’ T 1 States to Achieve Ultralong-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence

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Influence of the alkyl side chain length on the room-temperature phosphorescence of organic copolymers

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Aggregation-Induced Fluorescence Enhancement for Efficient X-ray Imaging Scintillators and High-Speed Optical Wireless Communication

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Cascade Synthesis of Luminescent Difluoroboron Diketonate Compounds for Room‐Temperature Organic Afterglow Materials

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The unexpected mechanism of transformation from conventional room-temperature phosphorescence to TADF-type organic afterglow triggered by simple chemical modification

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Preparation and Characterization of Fe-Gallic acid MOF for determination of antiviral Molnupiravir as inhibitor for RNA Corona virus replication

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Organic Thermometers Based on Aggregation of Difluoroboron β-Diketonate Chromophores

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Unveiling the theoretical mechanism of purely organic room temperature phosphorescence emission and heteroatomic effects on singlet-triplet intersystem crossing for isopropylthioxanthone derivatives

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Boosting organic afterglow efficiency via triplet–triplet annihilation and thermally-activated delayed fluorescence

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Super Phosphorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (PRET) of Clusterization‐Triggered Emission Enables Full‐Spectrum Dynamic Room‐Temperature Afterglow

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Visible-light-excitable aqueous afterglow exhibiting long emission wavelength and ultralong afterglow lifetime of 7.64 s

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Benzophenone-containing phosphors with an unprecedented long lifetime of 1.8 s under ambient conditions

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Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence from Perovskite‐Derivative CsAgCl2 Nanocrystals for High‐Resolution X‐Ray Imaging

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TADF-Type Organic Afterglow Nanoparticles with Temperature and Oxygen Dual-Responsive Property for Bimodal Sensing

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Anti‐Smudge Organic Afterglow Panels

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Heavy Atom Effect on T n (n ≥ 2) Afterglow

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Organic Afterglow Emitters for Visual Observation of Hydrogel Formation in Biomedical Systems

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Polymer-Based TADF-Type Organic Afterglow

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Recent Advances in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence‐Based Organic Afterglow Materials

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Room-Temperature Phosphorescence of Natural Silkworm Cocoon Silk

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Developing Bright Afterglow Materials via Manipulation of Higher Triplet Excited States and Relay Synthesis in Difluoroboron β‐Diketonate Systems

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Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence-Type Organic Afterglow Emitters for Devising Organic Long Persistent Luminescence Materials

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Bright organic long persistent luminescence in difluoroboron β-Diketonate systems

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Manipulation of Organic Afterglow in Fluoranthene‐Containing Dopant‐Matrix Systems: From Conventional Room‐Temperature Phosphorescence to Efficient Red TADF‐Type Organic Afterglow

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Dopant-Matrix Afterglow Systems: Manipulation of Room-Temperature Phosphorescence/Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Afterglow Mechanism via Mismatch/Match of Intermolecular Charge Transfer between Dopants and Matrices

Mo, Z., Wang, G., Li, J., Yan, Q., & Zhang, K. (2023) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03060 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

Merging photoinitiated bulk polymerization and the dopant-matrix design strategy for polymer-based organic afterglow materials

Chen, X., Wang, G., Wu, M., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Wang, X., Zou, Y., & Zhang, K. (2022) · Polymer Chemistry · doi:10.1039/d2py00367h · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Efficient Harvesting of Triplet Excitons via a T 1 ‐Blocked TADF Mechanism in Series MOFs for Optimal X‐ray Detection and Imaging

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Boosting Organic Afterglow Performance via a Two-Component Design Strategy Extracted from Macromolecular Self-Assembly

Li, D., Wu, M., Chen, X., Liu, J., Sun, Y., Huang, J., Zou, Y., Wang, X., Chen, D., & Zhang, K. (2022) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00861 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

Difluoroboron β‐Diketonate Systems: Large Transformation of Photophysical Mechanism Induced by Tiny Structural Modification or Isomerization

Chen, X., Wang, G., Li, J., Chen, X., Zhao, X., Zeng, Y., Su, Y., & Zhang, K. (2023) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202301619 · Cited by 12 · see citing works

A biomimetic phosphor that can build a rigid microenvironment for its long-lived afterglow in aqueous medium

Su, Y., Wang, G., Fu, B., Piao, X., & Zhang, K. (2024) · Communications Chemistry · doi:10.1038/s42004-024-01347-4 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Achieving Visible‐Light‐Excitable Blue TADF‐Type Afterglow via Delicate Control of Excited States in Difluoroboron β‐Diketonate Systems

Chen, X., Wang, G., Piao, X., & Zhang, K. (2024) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.202303834 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Mechanism-Encoded Afterglow Patterns for Anticounterfeiting, Information Encryption, Personalized Customization and Aesthetic Functions

Zhai, X., Yan, Q., Wang, G., Li, J., Xiao, Y., Wang, B., & Zhang, K. (2025) · ACS Materials Letters · doi:10.1021/acsmaterialslett.5c01313 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Manipulation of Organic Afterglow by Thermodynamic and Kinetic Control

Liu, J., Wang, G., Wang, X., Sun, Y., Zhou, B., Zou, Y., Wang, B., & Zhang, K. (2021) · Chemistry - A European Journal · doi:10.1002/chem.202103020 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Transformation of organic afterglow mechanism from room-temperature phosphorescence to thermally-activated delayed fluorescence in intramolecular charge transfer systems

Zeng, Y., Zhai, X., Wang, G., Su, Y., Wu, M., Wang, B., & Zhang, K. (2023) · Dyes and Pigments · doi:10.1016/j.dyepig.2023.111643 · Cited by 8 · see citing works

Recent advances in dopant–matrix afterglow systems: high-performance organic afterglow materials and the critical role of organic matrices in materials fabrication

Zhang, Y., Mo, Z., Ye, Z., Yan, Q., Piao, X., Jiang, J., Xu, B., & Zhang, K. (2025) · Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics · doi:10.1039/d4cp04641b · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Interface Engineering of Bi‐Fluorescence Molecules for High‐Performance Data Encryption and Ultralow UV‐Light Detection

Wang, J., Gutiérrez‐Arzaluz, L., Yin, J. L., Maity, P., Zhou, Y., Chen, C., Han, Y., Bakr, O. M., Eddaoudi, M., & Mohammed, O. F. (2022) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202200417 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Manipulation of Photo‐Active Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence in Host‐Guest System

Zhao, J., Sun, H., He, Y., Wang, H., Shen, M., Yu, T., & Huang, W. (2024) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.202303099 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Organic long persistent luminescence wood-based materials

Piao, X., Ning, Z., He, Q., Zhang, Y., Wang, G., Wang, G., & Zhang, K. (2025) · Chemical Engineering Journal · doi:10.1016/j.cej.2025.160718 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Highly Efficient Organic Host/Guest Phosphorescent System with Tunable Lifetime and Color

Zhang, C., Lou, L., Li, Y., Sun, S., Hu, W., Wang, K., Zhao, X., Wang, D., Cao, H., He, W., et al. (2023) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c05354 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Enhancing the Sensitivity and Spatial Imaging Resolution of a Hybrid X-Ray Imaging Screen via Energy Transfer at the ZnS (Ag) and a Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Interface

Alomar, S. A., Wang, J., Gutiérrez‐Arzaluz, L., Thomas, S., Alshareef, H. N., Bakr, O. M., Eddaoudi, M., & Mohammed, O. F. (2024) · ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces · doi:10.1021/acsami.4c11027 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Achieving long-lived room-temperature phosphorescence via charge transfer technology and dopant-matrix design strategy

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Red and Near‐Infrared Emissive Organic Crystals: Molecular Design and Optoelectronic Applications

Lan, L., & Zhang, H. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202509140 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Efficient Harvesting of Triplet Excitons via a T 1 ‐Blocked TADF Mechanism in Series MOFs for Optimal X‐ray Detection and Imaging

Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Ma, H., Ma, Z., Yuan, M., Bian, H., Liu, Y., Luo, X., Ma, F., Wang, Y., et al. (2025) · Angewandte Chemie · doi:10.1002/ange.202505256 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Unveiling Dexter-Type Triplet–Triplet Energy Transfer of Homologue Room-Temperature Phosphorescence in Host–Guest Doped Systems

Hao, S., Li, J., Yang, G., Shi, X., Li, M.-D., & Dang, L. (2026) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.jpclett.5c03200 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Dendronized Arm Snowflake Polymer as a Highly Branched Scaffold for Cellular Imaging and Delivery

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Triplet-triplet energy transfer between host and guest induced strong phosphorescence in the organic doped system

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Room‐Temperature Afterglow Nanostructures via Block Copolymer Self‐Assembly

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